camboa
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃ˈbo.ɐ/
camboa is spelled C-A-M-B-O-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese, the 172,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Camboa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “small, artificial lake near the sea, that traps fish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno lago artificial, junto ao mar, em que a preia-mar deixa entrar o peixe miúdo”.
What does camboa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmall, artificial lake near the sea, that traps fish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno lago artificial, junto ao mar, em que a preia-mar deixa entrar o peixe miúdo 2. o mesmo que gamboa
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of camboa
- camboas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce camboa?
- Brazil /kɐ̃ˈbo.ɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ̃ˈbo.ɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ̃ˈbo(w).ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is camboa in Portuguese?
camboa appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).